Smart City’s in India :: As the global population continues to grow at a steady pace, more and more people are moving to cities every single day. Experts predict the world’s urban population will double by 2050 – which means we’re adding the equivalent of seven New Delhi Cities to the planet every single year. Urban areas also contribute a higher share of GDP. In India, the urban poputation is currently 31% of the total population and it contributes over 60% of India’s GDP. It is projected that urban India will contribute nearly 75% of the national GDP in the next 15 years. Cities are accordingly referred to as the engines of economic growth. There is accordingly a crying need for the cities to get smarter to handle this large-scale urbanization and finding new ways to manage complexity, increase efficiency, reduce expenses, and improve quality of life.
The key features of a Smart City is in the intersect between competitiveness, Capital and Sustainability. The smart cities should be able to provide good infrastructure such as water, sanitation, reliable utility services, health care; attract investments; transparent processes that make it easy to run a commercial activities; simple and on line processes for obtaining approvals, and various citizen centric services to make citizens feel safe and happy.
List of Smart City
1. Guntur – Andhra Pradesh
2. Vijayawada – Andhra Pradesh
3. Kurnool – Andhra Pradesh
4. Chittoor – Andhra Pradesh
5. Guwahati – Assam
6. Tinsukia – Assam
7. Obalguri – Assam
8. Tangla – Assam
9. Goalpara – Assam
10. Muzaffarapur – Bihar
11. Patna – Bihar
12. Gaya – Bihar
13. Bhagalpur – Bihar
14. Bihar Sharif – Bihar
15. Ahmedabad – Gujarat
16. Surat – Gujarat
17. Vadodara – Gujarat
18. Rajkot – Gujarat
19. Bhavnagar – Gujarat
20. Junagadh – Gujarat
21. Gandhi Nagar – Gujarat
22. Faridabad – Haryana
23. Gurgaon – Haryana
24. Panipat – Haryana
25. Ambala – Haryana
26. Shimla – Himachal Pradesh
27. Jamshedpur – Jharkhand
28. Dhanbad – Jharkhand
29. Ranchi – Jharkhand
30. Bangalore – Karnataka
31. Gulbarga – Karnataka
32. Bidar – Karnataka
33. Bijapur – Karnataka
34. Badami – Karnataka
35. Pattadakal – Karnataka
36. Mahakuta – Karnataka
37. Thiruvananthapuram – Kerala
38. Kollam – Kerala
39. Kottayam – Kerala
40.Tiruvalla – Kerala
41. Ernakulam – Kerala
42. Cochin – Kerala
43. Thrissur – Kerala
44. Pune – Maharashtra
45. Mumbai – Maharashtra
46. Nagpur – Maharashtra
47. Nashik – Maharashtra
48. Aurangabad – Maharashtra
49. Bhivandi – Maharashtra
50. Bhopal – Madhya Pradesh
51. Indore – Madhya Pradesh
52. Gwalior – Madhya Pradesh
53. Burhanpur – Madhya Pradesh
54. Jabalpur – Madhya Pradesh
55. Bishnupur – Manipur
56. Chandel – Manipur
57. Bhubaneswar – Odisha
58. Cuttack – Odisha
59. Rourkela – Odisha
60. Sambalpur – Odisha
61. Balasore – Odisha
62. Ludhiana – Punjab
63. Amritsir – Punjab
64. Jalandhar – Punjab
65. Patiala – Punjab
66. Jaipur – Rajasthan
67. Ajmer – Rajasthan
68. Bharatpur – Rajasthan
69. Bikaner – Rajasthan
70. Jodhapur – Rajasthan
71. Kota – Rajasthan
72. Udipur – Rajasthan
73. Gangtok – Sikkim
74. Pelling – Sikkim
75. Yuksam – Sikkim
76. Chennai – Tamil Nadu
77. Coimbatore – Tamil Nadu
78. Madurai – Tamil Nadu
79. Tiruchirappalli – Tamil Nadu
80. Salem – Tamil Nadu
81. Tirunelveli – Tamil Nadu
82. Hyderabad – Telangana
83. Warangal – Telangana
84. Karimnagar – Telangana
85. Nizamabad – Telaganana
86. Nalgonda – Telangana
87. Kanpur – Uttar Pradesh
88. Allahabad – Uttar Pradesh
89. Lucknow – Uttar Pradesh
90. Jhansi – Uttar Pradesh
91. Faizabad – Uttar Pradesh
92. Varanasi – Uttar Pradesh
93. Dehradoon – Uttarakhand
94. Haridwar – Uttarakhand
95. Roorkee – Uttarakhand
96. Calcutta – West Bengal
97. Durgapur – West Bengal
98. Haldia – West Bengal
99. Habra – West Bengal
100. Jangipur – West Bengal
The Key Features of 100 Smart City’ Project :
* Automatic traffic signal: In case of heavy traffics routes will be automatically diverted.
* Better Public transport facility: To reduce traffic on roads, there will be improvement in existing public transport system.
* Quick accident relief: In case of accident or fault in a vehicle, people will get help in just one call. They will get help through CCTV too.
* Smart Traffic system: On the lines of London’s Smart Traffic System, people will get the information regarding heavy traffic in advance. At present, Bangalore has this system.
* Data Centre : The prime feature of Smart City projects will be Data Centre. It will hold information about every city.
* Face Identification System to catch criminals : On the lines of Paris, the Smart City will have Face Identification System in place to catch criminals. The photos and DNA of criminals and suspects will be entered in computer and information will also be shared with other cities. After the scanning face, an alert message will be sent to police control room and this message will be forwarded to nearest police station so criminals can be nabbed easily. This system will help in controlling the crime.
* Control Room : There will be an integrated control room for crime, health, services and traffic for better coordination to provide quick help to people.
